The BizTalk Adapter integrates with Microsoft BizTalk Rule Repository.
How to install the adapter
Go to the menu [File]»[Options] and select the [Adapters]»[BizTalk] tab.
This will install the necessary BizTalk files from our server.
Open Policies from RuleStore
Go to the menu [BizTalk Adapter]»[Connection Settings]\ to specify the database server and the database name.
Click Apply
After successful connection you will see the latest version of all rule policies
Supported constructions
We support Xml and .NET binding
Vocabulary Management
Go to [BizTalk Adapter]»[View Vocabulary Explorer] to open the vocabulary view
Rule Editing
We allow
Restrictive Rule Editing on BizTalk rules and there is support for
Full Rule Editing.
We do not support any modifications on the BizTalk vocabulary terms.
In order to edit a BizTalk rule policy you have to perform a Check Out from the RuleStore Repository. See the next section:
RuleStore Repository
The Rule Manager supports the following commands on a
BizTalk RuleStore Repository
- Check Out
- Check In
- Undo Check Out
See the details on these commands at
BizTalk RuleStore Repository
Export / Import
You can export a BizTalk policy from the Menu [BizTalk Adapter]»[Export to File]. This will export as a .brl file (Microsoft Business Rule Language) and will include all the dependent vocabularies.
You can import a BizTalk policy from the Menu [BizTalk Adapter]»[Import from File]. This will import a .brl file.
External .NET assemblies that might be referenced from BizTalk must be located in the GAC (Global Assembly Cache) for a successfull import.
Supported versions
- BizTalk 2004
- BizTalk 2006
- BizTalk 2009
Known issues
- Creating new rules that references biztalk term constants is throwing an error.
- Automatic Rule Verification on Biztalk policies does not work.